Distributer.



R; MUD.' BROWN.

DISTBIBUTER.- unicum! FILED mnnmxolz.

i Patented July, 1913.

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Ee it known that E; Romair? resident of the -'iiit'eci S? miic-ego iiiL tile county of Gooi? o,

" iiiiiois, have ii. 'eiiteci new mit ""foiitei'e, of Wiiieii o fiiiprovements iii Die This invention is mi improve-ti die* ilg for use in istributiiig 'Concrete mateiiei to eey part of eoietruf: ',oii Where iieecie, the invention e( r the constructie@ eoiiiioimitioii ai a" nient of devices hereinafter tieeclibe :i eiaimed.

fin the accompanying droevig l is e side eievation ot :i distribute A t other work i" iiistruete in accorafoce with my" ievention,q

Fig?. 2 ie a, eten o the seme. Fig 3 pertiy o detail side eievetioii and inert' :gestimmt View', showing o portieri of the tower mici also ehewvingi@P the receiving hopper, the die tributing' hopper mid the swinging; teem.

Fig". e is e deteiiiiorizortei sectional View o tiie Sai-me on the Tiene indicate@ by the im@ fre Fig; 3'. a 5i is tere-dii showing the joint between the swinging teem eed the rtietributiog pipe l'ii aceoicieiiee with my i-iov'eifitioiiv t pro Vide e, tower 1i Whieii 4is here shoe/'ii comprising uprighte 2 en@ eroes bers 3 emi braces 4 connecting; the pri-124555 up rights being perziie'l miei" the tower being retangufrar in transverse sectie iieieiiy arranged on the sides of, the tower veic ticei guiie ,5a These @miei-e roiieelre enga-goti by' channeled siide miie 6 which are movable vertiealliT on the guide rei-ie' arrt are connecte@t together by heads 5, 8 9 and 10. The slide mils and the said heads oonstitute e carrier frame or. eiemeilt which is vertically `moveoie on the tower. A diem tributiiip; hopper il which is annuler in form, with en outer wall 12 enst inner Weil 13 and an ineiined bottom lijf is airanged around the tower and the carrier fra-me or element met mounted on the heads 53, 9 imi l() :tor rotation in e horizootei piane The seid distributing hopper isviiere Shown es provided et its upper en@ with rollers i6 which bear on the Lipper heed i0 and es having its lower eed eonneeted to e, hook or ring 17 which ie erreng'e to revolve on the cireuar ,t1-ee@ 8, the iat-.ter being' provided with e lower supportingiiang'e '1.8 to hold the sai@ hook or ring; and the istriimt ing hopper. receiving hopper 'i9 i Se vThe opper 'member o L#rieur eieroerit is ijy' means Q0 and taire Qi :mt ie emi with a i Ozzie f e lip-pier mi 1 im t 15: .ya

y zal Wit: l ermiige 'the bottom :Lt the deepest Side.

'neem or erm :M extentie from* )er is provioeo of the tower and. is adepte@ te oe tiene@ iii any direction thereon.. This beam ora eroi is shown es comprising :i pair oi: v@eline-it upper bers 25, a pair of 'horizonioiifer bere 2G and bra-ces i'hich Con- L 'here together, the seid bers beti'ie :si secured togeter et tiieir outer ends; The iii-2i ripper ends' of 'the ii'ie'iine'ct bers 25 :ire eolie?" ci Tei'y' religie irons 28 to *the hook 3 ring" l the inner (mais oft-tre bare 26 are Secured 29 to opposite sies oi? e ring 3@ ,or hook Wil-ioh is momrtef'lior revoiutioii on the iower heati- 'i'. it Wiihbe 'understood that the distributixig topper-and* the neem or erm 'bein-g time connectent are adapted to swirl-gf together to' eroy point' Noemi'` the tower. Brooke@ 3i are here Shown o o the outer sides oi thel is errmgeei in en Secured on the upper eide oiE tiiearm or teem ti Le itiierewitbmmiot has me im# 'from the spout of the dis- .ti'ie lower en of the member 32 is torneo owiiwerdiy es at 35 :indi discharges inte the uptume upper end oi the iower member The upper end et tile member 33 is connected to vthe down terrieri and ot the upper member 32 .by e universai joint 3? and, hence, the lower member of the distributing pipe' may be owning iii enf; direetion rom'the Outer end of the bestie or erm 24 etici may beeiso a1'- rfiiigeti eesire ineiiiietion so that any point may reeohecL 'Within the rediris action of the machine et which it may be fe/Sire@ to fieposit concrete, sand, greve't or other eimiievr biiiding or other J tresses emi.

with so 'iso provided lnear its porting egs 39 @lli . the scope of.

-ceiving ho eef-.fe t)- mounted in the topof the e tower and is engaged by e hoiste end or" which 1s attached to r with tb lm or erro, the distributing pipe and the ceiving find distributing hoppers' may be raised to any desired elevation on the to r according to the height of the point, e. it is desired te distribute material i carrier has `thus been elevat be secured to the tower as nic rai'is tothe guide rails 5 or 1n :my o1 se.' siutebie menner or by any suitabie me;

nerein shown and described mede in ti' tion oit the trom the erai ports without departing J or invention end within .e appended ciaims.

I l l. A distrib-utter' or0 the dass described ower, a carrier mounted for rent on the tower, a fixed re- 2r secured to the carrier, and e tributing hopperand vbeam or revoiubie arm inoun tributing hopper being' arranged torecelve material :trom the receiving hopper and'jthebeam or arm being provided with a distributing pipe.

2. A distributor of the class described comprising e tower, a carrier mounted for vertcai movement on the tower, a fixed receiving hopper secured tothe carrier, and a revoiubie distributing hopper and beam or' arm mounted on the carrier, the said distribp uting hopper being arranged to lreceive materia]L from the receiving hopper and the beam or arm being provided with a distributing pipe, the said pipe comprising. an up- 2. -y this means the carn or" invention, I would .ood that changes may be n, p proportion end construcon the carrier, the said disper member on the beam or arm and aiower member connected to the beam or arm by a universal oint.l

3. A. distributer of the class described comprising a tower, a receiving hopper on the tower, a swinging distributing element mounted vfor movement aroundthe tower and means movable` with said distributing 50 V comprising a tower, a vnon-r'efiilabie receiving hopper en the tower,aJ swinging distributing element. mounted for 'movement around the tower, and means-movable with said distributing element to feed material thereto from said receiving hopper.

6. A distribute!" of the cIass described4 comprising a tower, a receiving hopper mounted for verticalv movement on the tower, a distributing element mounted for vertical movement on and also for swinging ymovement around the tower, and means movable with said distributer element to feed material thereto fromA said receiving hopper. I

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT MoDOUGrALL4 BROWN.

Witnesses:

OLIVER C. WISE, JOHN M. WEAVER. 

